Washing-machine



(2.1. NEWHOUSE.

WASHING MACHINE.

vMPL10/mow H LED JULY 2B. 1920I 1,391,5"7 1 Pamedsept, 20, 1921.

MJA/Mam UNIT cEcrL JOSEPH NEWHOUSE, or MoUNDs,` oKLAHoMA.

.',WAsH-TNG-MACHINE.

Applicationimea July 28,

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, OEoIL J. NEWHoUsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mounds, in the county of Creek, State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the i invention, such as will enable .others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.`

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in washing machines and particularly to machines for washing clothes.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved machine of this character which combines the features of the rotary agitator and the reciprocating pounder in a new and novel manner.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved driving mechanism for the rotary agitator and the reciprocating Y pounders whereby the clothes will be continuously turned in the tub and at the same time beacted upon by the reciprocating pounders.

Y Other objects and' advantages will be apparent from Vthe following descriptionk when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. y

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a `washing machine, partly in section, and made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is atop plan view of themachine.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the upperA part of the machine, taken on the line 3-3 ofl Fig. 2, showing VVthe actuating `mechanism in elevation.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10 represents a tub which is preferably made of metal, and formed on the bottom of the tub, and depending therefrom, isa casing 11- in which is disposed a heating device, such as the lamp 12, for the f purpose of initially heating the water, and

to maintain the same at the desired temperature while the washing operation is being performed. A thermometer 13 is mounted ongthe side of the tub for registering the temperature of the water.

v On the top of the tub are mounted the longitudinally alined bearing brackets 14 which rotatably support the shaft 15, said shaft having a fly wheel 16 on its outer end, and a pinion or gear `17 on its inner end.

1920.V Serial No. 399,531.

n win be nOu-.aum the Shaft 151mg as inner end'terminatingV adjacent the center of the top of the tub. Longitudinally alined bearing brackets 18 are mounted on.

the top of thetub, at the approximate eenter thereof, yand rotatably supported in said brackets and in'parallel relationl to the shaft 15, is la short shaft 19. This shaft 19 has mounted on its intermediate portion a gear 20 which has the peripheral teeth 21 meshing with the teeth of the gear 17, and the side teeth 22 meshing with the teeth of the horizontal gear 23, carried by the upper end of the vertical agitator shaft 24. The shaft 24 depends within the tub and engages with the clothes to keep Ythem in continuous rotation, and has the radially extending dasherarms 25 formed thereon.

Mounted on'the top of the tub, and lon opspei'iieation of Letters Patent. `Patented Sept. 20, 1921.l

posite sides of the shaft 19, are the supports by, when said vrshaft 19Ais rotated the rock levers will be moved on their pivotal supports. Connected to the outer ends of the levers 27 by means of the cushioning springs 30', are the upper ends of the pounder rods 30, the lower ends of which are disposed within the tub and are providedV with the cone suction cups 31. The rods 30 are slidable vertically through suitable packings 32, in the top of the tub.

On one end of the shaft 19, is a crank handle 33, adapted to be grasped by the hand of the operator to rotate theV gear. f

Pivotallymounted in a bracket 34, on one side of the tub, is an upwardly extending lever 35, the'intermediate portion of which isl pivotally connected with a link 36 which extends toward the center of the tub and is pivotally connected to the crank 29. Y

Thus, by rocking the lever 35 back and forth, on its pivot, the link 36 will cause the gear 20 to rotate the agitator, the fly wheel, and rock the levers 27, through the links 28, which in turn will reciprocate the pounders. The general result will be that the agitator will continuously rotatel the clothes in the tub, while at the same time the pounders will act thereon to force the water and soap back and forth through the clothes.v Each time that the pounders descend they engage Y yvvitlia different portion of the clothes, with the' resultrthat the Wearland ,tear on the clothes is reduced to a minimum, While at the same time the effective cleansing there-V of is accomplished. If desired, the operation may ybe performedV by grasping the crank'handle and rotating the gearQO.

What is claimed is: y Y v i The combination with a receptacle, supports mounted on the receptacle, a horizontal shaft carried by the supports,'said shaft having an intermediate crank, a second horizontal` shaft adjacent the first shaft, inter-v meshingv gears on the shafts, a pair of uprights onthe receptacle, a rock level` mounted oneach upright, a vertical plunger rod through the top of ythe" receptacle, spring l carried by the'rod and connected with one. 'end of a rock lever, th'eother end of each rocklever being pivotally connected Yto said crank, a vertical rotatable shaft operatively Aeilgaged'iyvith the first horizontal yshaft,,a rock lever mounted on oneside ofthereceptacle, andadpitnian connected vvith the saidr 

